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Springsteen falls short in qualifi er Jessica Springsteen had no luck going solo in was formally eliminated about an hour after riding. United States’ Jessica Tokyo. Perhaps she’ll do better with a band. She’ll ride again Friday night as part of Amer- Springsteen, riding Don The daughter of famed rocker Bruce Spring- ica’s four-rider entry in the jumping team event. Juan van de Donkho- steen and his E Street Band wife, Patti Scialfa, “All in all, I’m thrilled with the round and I’m eve, competes during failed to qualify for the Olympic individual jump- excited for the rest of the week,” she said. the equestrian jumping ing fi nals at Tokyo’s Equestrian Park on Tues- Springsteen learned to ride on her family’s individual qualifying at day night. horse farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey, and she Equestrian Park in Tokyo The 29-year-old’s Olympic debut was off to was an alternate for the London Games in 2012 at the 2020 Summer a strong start on the 14-jump course before her but didn’t participate. Olympics, on Aug. 3, in horse got uneasy around the 11th obstacle, and She’s been riding 12-year-old Don Juan van Tokyo, Japan. (AP) the pair earned four penalty points for knocking de Donkehove - he answers just fi ne to Don - down a rail. That put her on the bubble of the for about two years. The duo arrived in Tokyo 73-horse fi eld for one of 30 spots in the fi nal. She ranked 14th in the world. (AP) ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 15 Mexico to play Japan for bronze medal Brazil and Spain set for men’s Olympic soccer gold-medal game SAITAMA, Japan, Aug. 3, (AP): De- Aguirre, and Johan Vasquez’s attempt Brazil won its fi rst Olympic title at on a Japan Airlines fl ight to Sydney last Olympic Medalists fending champion Brazil will face then hit the post. Reinier converted the the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games in a Friday. Spain for the Olympic gold medal in winning kick for Brazil. penalty shootout with Germany. Ney- Australian Olympic Committee men’s soccer on Saturday. Mexico will play Japan for the mar converted the clinching penalty at chief executive Matt Carroll says rugby Spain beat host Japan 1-0 Tuesday the iconic Maracana Stadium. and soccer offi cials “have told me that ATHLETICS Knight, Elinor Barker) with Marco Asensio scoring a curling Spain’s only Olympic title also came such behavior is certainly not accept- BRONZE: United States (Chloe shot in the 115th minute in Saitama. SOCCER at home - at the 1992 Barcelona Games. able within their sports.” Men’s 400m Hurdles Dygert, Megan Jastrab, Jennifer Brazil was taken to penalties by Mex- The country’s last fi nal was at the 2000 Australian teams in men’s soccer and GOLD: Karsten Warholm, Norway Valente, Emma White, Lily SILVER: Rai Benjamin, United Williams) ico, winning the shootout 4-1 after a Sydney Games, losing to Cameroon. men’s and women’s rugby all failed to States scoreless draw in Kashima. bronze medal in Saitama on Friday. Meanwhile, the Australian Olympic win medals. The women’s soccer team BRONZE: Alison dos Santos, Brazil DIVING Brazil goalkeeper Santos stopped The gold-medal match is set for Satur- team says some of its athletes were re- is still in Japan and will play the United Men’s Pole Vault Men’s 3m Springboard Mexico’s fi rst penalty from Eduardo day in Yokohama. sponsible for “unacceptable behavior” States for bronze. GOLD: Armand Duplantis, Sweden GOLD: Siyi Xie, China SILVER: Christopher Nilsen, United SILVER: Zongyuan Wang, China States BRONZE: Jack Laugher, Britain BRONZE: Thiago Braz, Brazil Women’s 200m GYMNASTICS GOLD: Elaine Thompson-Herah, Men’s Horizontal Bar Jamaica GOLD: Daiki Hashimoto, Japan SILVER: Christine Mboma, Namibia SILVER: Tin Srbic, Croatia BRONZE: Gabrielle Thomas, BRONZE: Nikita Nagornyy, ROC United States Men’s Parallel Bars Women’s 800m GOLD: Jingyuan Zou, China GOLD: Athing Mu, United States SILVER: Lukas Dauser, Germany SILVER: Keely Hodgkinson, Britain BRONZE: Ferhat Arican, Turkey BRONZE: Raevyn Rogers, United Women’s Balance Beam States GOLD: Chenchen Guan, China Women’s Hammer Throw SILVER: Xijing Tang, China GOLD: Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland BRONZE: Simone Biles, United SILVER: Zheng Wang, China States BRONZE: Malwina Kopron, Poland Women’s Long Jump SAILING GOLD: Malaika Mihambo, Germany Men’s Skiff - 49er SILVER: Brittney Reese, United GOLD: Britain (Dylan Fletcher, States Stuart Bithell) BRONZE: Ese Brume, Nigeria SILVER: New Zealand (Peter Burling, Blair Tuke) BOXING BRONZE: Germany (Erik Heil, Men’s Welter (63-69kg) Thomas Ploessel) GOLD: Roniel Iglesias, Cuba Men’s One Person Dinghy SILVER: Pat McCormack, Britain (Heavyweight) - Finn BRONZE: Andrei Zamkovoi, ROC GOLD: Giles Scott, Britain BRONZE: Aidan Walsh, Ireland SILVER: Zsombor Berecz, Hungary Women’s Feather (54-57kg) BRONZE: Joan Cardona Mendez, GOLD: Sena Irie, Japan Spain SILVER: Nesthy Petecio, Women’s Skiff - 49er FX Philippines BRONZE: Karriss Artingstall, GOLD: Brazil (Martine Grael, Britain Kahena Kunze) BRONZE: Irma Testa, Italy SILVER: Germany (Tina Lutz, Susann Beucke) CANOE SPRINT BRONZE: Netherlands (Annemiek Men’s Canoe Double 1000m Bekkering, Annette Duetz) GOLD: Cuba (Serguey Torres Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Madrigal, Fernando Dayan Jorge Foiling Enriquez) GOLD: Italy (Ruggero Tita, Caterina SILVER: China (Hao Liu, Pengfei Banti) Zheng) SILVER: Britain (John Gimson, BRONZE: Germany (Sebastian Anna Burnet) Brendel, Tim Hecker) BRONZE: Germany (Paul Kohlhoff, Men’s Kayak Single 1000m Alica Stuhlemmer) GOLD: Balint Kopasz, Hungary SILVER: Adam Varga, Hungary WEIGHTLIFTING BRONZE: Fernando Pimenta, Men’s 109kg Portugal GOLD: Akbar Djuraev, Uzbekistan Women’s Kayak Single 200m SILVER: Simon Martirosyan, Spain’s Mikel Merino (8) and Japan’s Wataru Endo vie for the ball in a men’s semifi nal soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 3, in Saitama, GOLD: Lisa Carrington, New Armenia Japan. (AP) Zealand BRONZE: Arturs Plesnieks, Latvia SILVER: Teresa Portela, Spain BRONZE: Emma Aastrand WRESTLING Jorgensen, Denmark Men’s Greco-Roman 77kg Women’s Kayak Double 500m GOLD: Tamas Lorincz, Hungary GOLD: New Zealand (Lisa SILVER: Akzhol Makhmudov, Carrington, Caitlin Regal) Kyrgyzstan SILVER: Poland (Karolina Naja, BRONZE: Shohei Yabiku, Japan BRONZE: Rafig Huseynov, US reach Olympic Anna Pulawska) BRONZE: Hungary (Danuta Kozak, Azerbaijan Dora Bodonyi) Men’s Greco-Roman 97kg GOLD: Musa Evloev, ROC CYCLING TRACK SILVER: Artur Aleksanyan, Men’s Team Sprint Armenia GOLD: Netherlands (Jeffrey BRONZE: Tadeusz Michalik, Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen, Roy Poland van den Berg, Matthijs Buchli) BRONZE: Mohammadhadi Saravi, semis, oust Spain SILVER: Britain (Jack Carlin, Jason Iran Kenny, Ryan Owens) Women’s Freestyle 68kg BRONZE: France (Florian Grengbo, GOLD: Tamyra Mariama Mensah Rayan Helal, Sebastien Vigier) Stock, United States Slovenia, France and Australia advance Women’s Team Pursuit SILVER: Blessing Oborududu, April Ross, of the United States, GOLD: Germany (Franziska Nigeria returns a shot during a women’s Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa BRONZE: Alla Cherkasova, beach volleyball match against SAITAMA, Japan, Aug 3, 27 points. any serious dent in Slovenia’s lead. Klein, Mieke Kroeger) Ukraine Germany at the 2020 Summer SILVER: Britain (Katie Archibald, BRONZE: Meerim Zhumanazarova, (AP): Back and forth they Doncic wasn’t sharp early in the 10 The Slovenians will face either un- Neah Evans, Laura Kenny, Josie Kyrgyzstan Olympics, on Aug. 3, in Tokyo, Ja- a.m. local start but picked it up in the beaten France or Italy on Thursday in pan. (AP) went, the reigning Olympic second half with his scoring and play- the semifi nals. champions from the U.S. on making to keep Germany from making They are 17-0 in competition with Doncic, now looking to add Olympic Latvia, Australia knock out Canada one side, the reigning Bas- gold to the European championship ketball World Cup cham- they won in 2017. pions from Spain on the France 84, Italy 75 US still strong on Olympic beach other. Rudy Gobert scored 22 points, Evan The difference: The Americans Fournier had 21 and France advanced TOKYO, Aug 3, (AP): Three-time had Kevin Durant. to the men’s basketball semifi nals in gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings He’s never gone to the Olympics the Olympics for the fi rst time since missed out on her bid to qualify for a Dominican Republic and not won gold - and clearly, doesn’t 2000 by beating Italy 84-75 on Tues- sixth trip to the Summer Games. For- plan on that changing. Durant scored day. tysomething four-time Olympians Phil eliminate Israel 7-6 29 points to keep his quest for a third Thomas Heurtel made the tiebreak- ing 3-pointer with 2:18 remaining after Dalhausser and Jake Gibb both retired YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 3, (AP): Olympic title alive, and the Ameri- after getting knocked out in Tokyo. cans are headed to the medal round Italy had erased a 14-point defi cit and Jose Bautista had a game-ending sin- Gobert had a couple of late buckets to Defending Olympic champion Laura gle for his fi rst Olympic hit and bat after ousting Spain 95-81 on Tuesday Ludwig is heading back to Germany fi nish it out, including a spinning slam fl ip, which followed Johan Mieses’ ty- in a quarterfi nal matchup at the Tokyo for the fi nal basket. after losing to the U.S. in the quarter- ing home run off Zack Weiss leading Games. fi nals on Tuesday. Simone Fontecchio scored 23 points off the ninth inning, and the Domini- and Danilo Gallinari had 21 points and April Ross just keeps on playing. can Republic eliminated Israel with a United States’ Kevin Durant (7) The 2012 silver and 2016 bronze 10 rebounds for their Italians, who 7-6 win Tuesday night.